Any way to make a protected field free-format?

[Jacky6150]

Hello all,

I am editing a Form in WORD...
Users of this form have to enter name, phone,etc.
As to prevent users delete the Text Field({FORMTEXT}), I protect the document.

In fact,there is a COMMENT field that allows people to enter what they want
in FREE FORMAT: Bold some of the words, color some of them, enlarge some of
them,etc...
BUT, users cannot edit the format of the font in protect mode!!!

Are there any ways to make the fields free-format?
Or...are there a way to make the text field un-delete-able ?

Thanks and regards

 

[Graham Mayor]

If a document needs to have free formatting, then a protected form is rarely
the correct approach. You would be better using a Userform to gather the
data.
For the basics, see Word MVP FAQ - Userforms
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Userforms.htm

for a more in depth explanation, see
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Create_and_employ_a_UserForm.htm

OR

You could use ASK fields

OR
even Macrobutton fields
http://www.gmayor.com/Macrobutton.htm


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[Jacky6150]

Dear MVP,

I mean user can be free in style in a field in my form(actually it's a table).
(sorry I dont know the phases well)
it is a table on the A4 paper, and user input infomation on some boxes in
the table.

say...User A can first input some word in a table box I called "Describe
yourself":
"My name is John, I am a boy"
and then he can bold the word "John" , set font size to 30, or something else
maybe even add some "paragraph numbering"

Userform can't do that!

 

[Graham Mayor]

A userform would be used to gather the information and place it in the
document at the appropriate place. When it is in the document the user can
format it as required. It is simply a normal document. Macrobutton fields
are placed directly in the document and can be used as place markers.

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